Destiny 2: New Single Player, Campaign, Gameplay Details Revealed

New planets, new classes, and more.

By
Chloi Rad

Major Destiny 2 campaign and gameplay details were revealed during Bungie's live stream earlier today, including confirmation of a story mission set within The Last City.

Destiny 2, for which Bungie also revealed multiplayer details and Battle.net PC exclusivity, begins with a mission called Homecoming, set during the invasion of The Last City lead by Cabal Red Legion commander Dominus Ghaul. Ghaul, who Bungie community manager Luke Smith compares to Hans Gruber from Die Hard, believes the Red Legion should have been the Traveler's Light. He believes in a "better class of Guardian."

For more from the campaign, check out official Destiny 2 screenshots below:

During the invasion, Ghaul cages the Traveler, which causes all the Guardians to lose their Light.

Watch the opening minutes of Destiny 2's first mission below.

A redesigned weapon slot system is meant to grant players more freedom and choice. You can wield a power weapon, like fusion rifles, sniper rifles, and grenade launchers, plus an energy weapon and kinetic weapon. According to Smith, the energy and kinetic weapon slots let you wield the same weapons.

There are three new Super Abilities: the flame sword-wielding Warlock's Dawnblade, the shield-summoning (and throwing) Titan's Sentinel, and the acrobatic, mystical staff-wielding Hunter's Arcstrider.

Learn more about Destiny 2 gameplay in the video below.

New worlds include the planets Nessus, Titan, Io, and Earth, plus an area called the European Dead Zone, which was cut from the first Destiny. In Destiny 2, activities can now be launched without going into orbit, including jumping from one planet to another.

Destiny 2 will also have a new strike called Inverted Spire, a new competitive multiplayer mode called Countdown, and "mysterious locations" called Lost Sectors — secret dungeons containing treasure that can only be accessed after defeating a boss.